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Mate in 3 chess problem from the Netflix series "The Queen's Gambit".

I have not yet watched the Netflix series, "The Queen's Gambit", but in episode 6 this composed chess problem was presented to the character Beth Harmon to solve. White to play and mate in 3 moves. I saw it on a youtube video. Almost every chess game in that show has been analyzed extensively on youtube.

Composed mate in 3 problems can be quite difficult to solve, but I've solved this one faster than any composed mate in 3 that I have solved before. Like 20 seconds. The Black pieces have few moves available making the puzzle easier. I asked myself, what would happen if the Black King ran away to h6 or f8, or what if the Black King just ended up on its original square?

Some really difficult composed chess problems have taken me 30 to 60 minutes to solve. I have a knack for Mate in 2 problems, but Mate in 3's can be exponentially more complicated.

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Best wishes,

John Coffey

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Chess Problem

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/15320

 

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Puzzle 27910 - ChessPuzzle.net

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/27910

Quiz:  What if 2. Qe1?

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Puzzle of the Day! 

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London Chess Classic Open, London ENG
Sophie Milliet (2356) vs. Steven A Jones (2160)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h +1

(white to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 h6 8. Qd3 e5 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. Nc4 b5 11. Ne3 Rc8 12. Ned5 Bxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxb5+ Qd7 15. Qxd5 Rxc2 16. Qb3 Rc8 17. O-O Be7 18. Qg3 Bf6 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. b3 Rc6 21. Rd5 Qc7 22. Bd2 Ke7 23. Rd1 Rc5 24. Qd3 Rb8 25. Rxc5 Qxc5 26. Rc1 Qb6 27. Qd5 Qb7 28. Rc6 Qd7 29. Qc4 Rb7 30. Ba5 Qe6 31. Qa6 Rd7 32. Bb4 Bg5 33. Qa5 f5 34. Rxd6 Rxd6 35. Qc7+ Kf6 36. Qxd6 fxe4 37. Qxe6+ Kxe6 38. Kf1 Kd5 39. Ke2 Kd4 40. Bd2 e3 41. fxe3+ Ke4 42. b4 Be7 43. a4 g6 44. b5 Bd6 45. h3 Be7 46. a5 Kd5 47. e4+ Kc5 48. b6 axb6 49. Bb4+

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White to play and mate in 8. This is brilliant

 

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